System Storage DR550 is designed to provide a secure, scalable, and cost-effective information
retention solution designed for medium and large enterprises which supports archiving of a broad
range of information including files, e-mail, digital images, databases, applications, and instant
messages. DR550 offers non-rewritable, non-erasable storage controls to help prevent deletion or
alteration of data stored on the system. Supported by many IBM and non-IBM enterprise
content-management applications, archiving with the System Storage DR550 can help companies:

Address regulatory and non-regulatory data retention requirements

Address their data growth challenges by retaining inactive business critical data in a
cost-effective, secure repository

Reduce the cost of storing data over the long term through the usage of multiple low-cost storage
tiers (disk, tape, optical)

Increase operational efficiency

Flexible storage tiering for cost-effective long-term information retention:
One of the differentiating features of DR550 is its capability to support tiers of storage within
an archive. DR550 is designed to allow users to take advantage of a broad storage mix (disk, tape,
and optical media).

Security and protection through data encryption and data shredding options:
DR550 provides data encryption options (128-bit AES or 56-bit DES technology) to help companies
protect their data when transmitted over the network, or saved to disk or tape.

Data shredding is the explicit overwrite of deleted data to make it difficult to discover and
reconstruct that data later. System Storage Archive Manager supports data shredding in DR550 SSAM
disk storage pools. You can perform shredding of sensitive data either automatically or manually
when the data is deleted to make it more difficult to discover or reconstruct the data afterwards.

Integrated data migration:
Because data outlives media, enterprises must be concerned about the migration of data from older
to newer media technology. DR550 is designed to support data migration capabilities to move data
from disk to tape and from generation to generation while maintaining data immutability.

Scalability:
DR550 offers a scalable archiving repository of up to 168 TB of physical disk storage capacity,
and additional external tape or optical storage to petabytes of storage per system.

The new and improved DR550 solutions are offered in a new packaging that allows for simplified
ordering, service, and support.

System Storage DR550 V4.5 can help companies address regulatory and compliance requirements by
supporting affordable, policy-based storage capability for medium and large enterprises.

System Storage DR550 V4.5 contains preinstalled features with customization options to help provide
additional data protection. The hardware is configured with preloaded software components to ease
installation.

Services are also available if you prefer the installation to be performed by IBM Business Partners
or IBM Global Services.

System Storage DR550 software and hardware configuration

The DR550 offering consists of the following major software and hardware components:

Software

System Storage Archive Manager

System Storage DR550 File System Gateway software

Hardware

System Storage DR550 Models DR1 and DR2

For additional details on the DR550 hardware and software configuration, refer to the
Ordering information
section.

Data retention

Data that is kept for extended periods of time poses a challenge for many organizations. Known as
retention-managed data, it is most often stored in archives and repositories. As organizations
address their needs to comply with corporate governance and federal and local regulations, they may
need to keep necessary documents and records available for defined periods of time or indefinitely.
Overall, the management and control of retention-managed data can be a significant challenge when
taking into account other factors such as cost, latency, bandwidth, integration, security, privacy,
and life expectancy.

System Storage DR550 can help medium and large businesses address the growing challenge of managing
and protecting retention-managed data and other critical information assets with operational
efficiency.

The System Storage DR550 File System Gateway enables many additional content-management applications
to access the DR550 by adding NFS and CIFS network file access. Previously, only content-management
applications that support the System Storage Archive Manager Application Program Interface (SSAM
API) were able to access the DR550. The File System Gateway takes files that are sent using network
file protocols and associates these files with a System Storage Archive Manager management policy.
This is done by using customer-configurable path and file naming pattern matching rules. The File
System Gateway sends these files with their associated policies to the DR550 using the SSAM
application program interface. Files are retrieved using the same name and directory as they were
stored under.

The File System Gateway can assign a minimum retention period to files. After this period, files
are maintained until deleted by explicit action by the content management application.

Both the SSAM API and the NFS and CIFS network file protocols are supported concurrently by the
DR550. This means that multiple content management applications can access the same DR550 using any
combination of the SSAM API and the NFS and CIFS network file protocols.

New System Storage Archive Manager V5.5

The DR550 now supports the System Storage Archive Manager V5.5, which includes support for
encryption on LT04 tape drives. The encryption support allows SSAM to provide encryption key
management independent of the application with no impact to application performance.

Industry-leading data-retention features

DR550 brings a number of advanced capabilities to the data-retention marketplace. These are
designed to:

Enable management of data that has no explicit retention period, for example employee (as long as
employed) and customer (as long as account is open) data, through an event-based records management
feature. It is also an excellent feature for documents that have a specific retention period that
can be terminated early (for example, mortgages once paid off or financial time deposits), or for
those documents that may have no specific retention period (for example, insurance policies). It
can help protect these records from deletion until a specific event occurs.

Allow a designated object or group of objects to be protected against the normal end of life (policy
expiration) process by using a deletion hold management feature. This can be very useful in the
event that a record or set of records needs to be retained for legal, audit, or other reasons.

Enable data management on multiple tiers of storage (for example, disk, tape, and optical) using a
tiered storage-management feature to provide a more cost-effective solution.

Enforce data-protection policies to maintain the data in non-erasable and non-rewritable formats.

Support data encryption by the System Storage Archive Manager client, providing encryption in flight
and on the DR550 disk or tape systems.

Permit users to automatically archive files from their workstations or file servers, and to retrieve
archived copies of files to their local workstations or file servers through an archive client.

Disaster recovery protection

DR550 can also help protect customer data during disasters. System Storage DR550 provides support
for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror. These features are designed to allow two synchronous or
asynchronous copies of data to be maintained on DR550s in separate locations. DR550 provides the
capability to use advanced WORM tape libraries to cost-effectively store copies of the data objects
and the DR550 database to help support recovery in the event of a failure or the need to relocate to
an alternate facility.

DR550 is designed to offer enterprise-class reliability, scalability, and performance

Operating in conjunction with a content-management application, DR550 can help manage data centrally
through a single interface to support storage allocation and address application demands. DR550 is
designed to bring many enterprise-class reliability, scalability, and performance features to
open-systems and mainframe environments. They also feature many redundant hardware elements.

Technology for an on demand era

In an era in which businesses are integrating processes across the enterprise, DR550 can help
clients become on demand businesses. By using a central, secure archive for valuable data,
businesses can respond with improved flexibility and speed to customer demands, market
opportunities, or competitive threats. DR550 integration, support of open standards, and automatic
data retention capabilities can help clients become better positioned to address the on demand
requirements of storing, retrieving, managing, sharing, and securing business information.

Optional IBM Global Services offerings for DR550

IBM Global Services can assist clients in developing and implementing strategies for storing,
retrieving, managing, sharing, and securing retention-managed content data on demand. These
strategies help companies address critical issues such as financial and regulatory reporting and
compliance.

Other optional services include:

IBM Implementation Services offering for IBM System Storage DR550

MES Services via an Equipment Modification Contract for Hardware

IBM offerings that include implementation services and onsite software and firmware upgrades (may
require a special bid in some countries)

Warranty and maintenance services for IBM System Storage DR550 hardware and software can be upgraded
to include same-day, 24x7, four-hour response for a term of three years. For additional
information, contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner.

Accessibility by people with disabilities

A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) containing details on the
products' accessibility compliance can be requested via IBM's Web site at

Business Partner information

If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to
Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld ID and password are required
(use IBM ID).

The following is a listing of the hardware machine types and models, and software products contained
in the DR550 solution. Orders for the IBM System Storage DR550 V4.5 models must be configured
using the eConfigurator (ECFGSSG) to ensure accurate and complete order entry.

Orders for the DR550 that include DR550 File System Gateway (feature number 4101) must also include
the corequisite DR550 File System Gateway software (product 5639-DR1). This must be done on a
one-for-one basis, where each unit of machine type 2233 feature number 4101 ordered requires one
unit of product 5639-DR1 software ordered.

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